Gerald R. Ford
Subtitle: an honorable life
By: James Cannon ; afterword by Scott Cannon
Publisher: The University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780472116041
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Description: "This is a comprehensive narrative account of the life of Gerald Ford written by one of his closest advisers, James Cannon. Written with unique insight and benefiting from personal interviews with President Ford in his last years, Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life is James Cannon's final look at the simple and honest man from the Midwest."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A crisis of the regime; title: Resolve; title: Transformation; title: Challenges; title: Advancing; title: Advancing; title: Passage; title: Revelations; title: Confirmation; title: Conflicted; title: Proposition; title: Taking charge; title: Reaction; title: The pardon; title: Testifying; title: Managing; title: Progress; title: Challenges; title: Ford's way; title: Initiatives; title: Vietnam; title: The campaign begins; title: Nomination; title: Election; title: Epilogue.